Step One

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Step One

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"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (our problem) and that our lives had become unmanageable."

Step One is the gateway to the recovery process. Without it, there is very little hope that we can effectively achieve our goal.

In this crucial step we are called upon to admit our personal powerlessness over the dilemma in which we find ourselves. We are called upon to admit that our life has reached a state of such disrepair that we see no possiblity of ever setting it right again.

Despite all that we have been taught about never giving up, never yelling "uncle", never admitting defeat, we now find ourselves facing the unrelenting fact that all of our old beliefs have withered and blown away in the reality of our present situation.

We shall learn, as we pursue Step One, that we are facing some puzzling paradoxes: "We have to surrender to win" "To keep what we have, we have to give it away" "Failure is not final-it is actually a stepping stone to success"

Are these contradictory thoughts? We don't think so. They have proven valid for many of us.


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